Song
Name: Satyam Jnanam Anantam
Official
Name: Govindastakam
கோவிந்தாஷ்டகம்
LYRICS:
1.satyaḿ-jñānam-anantaḿ nityamanākāśaḿ pramākāśaḿ
goṣṭh prāńgaṇarińgaṇalolamanāyāsaḿ paramāyāsam
māyākalpita nānākāramanākāraḿ bhuvanākāraḿ
kṣmāyā nāthamanāthaḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
2.mṛt-snāmatsīheti yaśodā tāḍanośaiśava santrāsaḿ
vyāditavaktrālokita lokā loka caturdaśa-lokālim
loka-trayapuramūlastambhaḿ lokā loka manālokaḿ
lokeśaḿ parameśaḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
3.traiviṣṭapuripuvīraghnaḿ kṣitibhāraghnaḿ bhavarogaghnaḿ
kaivalyaḿ navanītā hāramanāhāraḿ bhuvanāhāraḿ
vaimalya sphuṭaceto vṛtti viśeṣābhāsamanābhāsaḿ
śaivaḿ kevala śāntaḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
4.gopālaḿ prabhu-līlā-vigraha-gopālaḿ kula-gopālaḿ
gopī-khelana-govardhana-dhṛti-līlā-lālitagopālam
gobhirnigadita-govinda-sphuṭanāmānaḿ vahunāmānaḿ
gopīgocaradūraḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
5.gopī-maṇḍala-goṣṭhibhedaḿ bhed-āvastham-abhedaḿ
śaśvad-gokhuranirdhūtoddhata-dhūlīdhū-sara-saubhāgyam
śraddhā-bhakti-gṛhītānandam-icintyaḿ cintita-sadbhāvaḿ
cintāmaṇi-mahimānaḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
6.snāna-vyākula-yośidvastramupādāyāgamupā-rūdhaḿ
vyāditsantīratha digsvastrā hyupudātumup-ākarṣantam
nirdhūtasvayaśokavibhohaḿ buddhaḿ buddherantasthaḿ
sattāmātra-śarīraḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
7.kāntaḿ kāraṇ-akāraṇam-ādim-anādiḿ kāla-manābhāsaḿ
kālindi-gata-kāliya-śirasi muhur-nṛtyantaḿ nṛtyantam
kālaḿ kālakalātītaḿ kalitāśeṣaḿ
kali-doṣaghnaḿ
kālatragatihetuḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
8.vṛndāvana-bhuvi vṛndārakagaṇa-vṛndā-rādhyaḿ vande’
haḿ
kundābhāmalamanda-smerasudhā-nandaḿ suhṛd-anandam
vandhyā-seṣa-mahāmuni-mānasa-vandy-ānanda-pada-dvandvaḿ
vandyā-śeṣa-guṇābdhiḿ pranamata govindaḿ paramānandam
9.govindāṣṭakam-etad-dhīte govind-ārpita-cetā yo
govind-ācyutam mādhava viṣṇo gokulanāyaka kṛṣṇeti
govindāńghri-saroja-dhyāna-sudhājala-dhautasamastāgho
govindaḿ paramānandamṛtamantaḥ sa tamabhyeti
TRANSLATION
1)
Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who is
the eternal truth, Who is knowledge, Who is eternal, Who is beyond the skies,
Who is the final limit, Who roams in the courtyard of cowshed in Vraja,
Who needs no effort, Who is the final effort, Who assumed various forms by (His) Māyā,
Who is without form, Who is the form of the universe, Who is Lord (incarnated)
on the earth, and Who has no Lord.
2)
Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who ran
away with the fear of caning from Yaśodā who said thus ‘‘Were You
eating soil here?’’, Who then showed the world, the world beyond and the swarm
of fourteen planes of existence in His open mouth (to His mother), Who is the
basis or pillar of the existence of the three worlds, Who is the light of the
world, Who needs no world to in, Who is the Lord of the world, and Who is the
supreme Lord.
3)
Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who
destroys the strength of the demi-god enemies, Who destroys the weight
present on the earth, Who destroys the disease like metempsychosis, Who is the
only one, Who eats freshly prepared butter, Who requires no food, Who is the
food of the universe, Who is observed as special light (knowledge) in the
consciousness state of spotless blossmed mind, Who cannot be (fully)
observed, Who adores Śiva, and Who is always at rest.
4)
Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who is
known as Gopāla, Who took the form of a cow-tender for the sake of sport,
Who incarnated in the lineage of a cow-rearer, Who did spectacular sport by
playing with Gopī and lifting the Mount Govardhana, Who was
given a stainless name of Govinda by the cows (Kāmadhenu), Who has
many names, and Who is beyond the scope of perception of Gopī.
5)
Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who
enters the meeting place of the group of cowherdesses, Who remains like an
un-entered enlightenment in the state of (living) being present at the meeting
place, Whose beauty is added by the continuous association with the dust risen
from the striking of cow-hooves at the ground, Who accepts devotion with
happiness, Who is beyond reason, Who is reasoned with nice emotions, and Who is
as great as the jewel of thought.
6)
Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who sits
on a tree having collected the clothes of the Vraja-maidens bathing in the
river, Who asked the cowherdesses to come closer to get the clothes
back, Who is bereft of both unhappiness and passion, Who is wise, Who is
situated inside the hearts of wise, and Whose body is mere existence.
7)
Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who is
resplendent, Who is the reason behind reason, Who is the beginning of the
universe, Who is without a beginning, Who is the passage of time, Who is
without luminosity, Who at once started dancing after entering the water
of Kālindī, Who is death, Who is beyond the play of death, Who is made of
nothing (formless), Who destroys the malice of Kaliyuga, and Who is the
reason for the existence of past, present and future.
8) I adore Govinda,
Who is prayed by the group of Vraja maidens in
the territory of Vṛndāvana, Who is prayed by demi-gods
and Vṛndā (a maiden), Who has a beautiful spotless smile
like jasmine which gives the pleasure of divine nectar, and Who is the pleasure
of friends. Praise Govinda, Whose dual-feet is worthy of reverence by the
minds of great sages and rest alike. Praise Govinda, Who is the abode of
all the qualities. Offer obeisances to Govinda, Who is the
eternal bliss.
9) That who submits his (or
her) mind to Govinda, chants the name
of Govinda, Acyuta, Mādhava, Viṣṇu, Gokulanāyaka, Kṛṣṇa and
thus, washes all the sins by meditating on the lotus-feet ofGovinda, and sings
this Govindāṣṭakam — he (or she) internalizes the divine nectar like
eternally blissful Govinda
